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Diamond in The Rough: Half-Century Puzzle Solved

By Guest PostJuly 25, 2012Sciencecold compressed, conduct, Diamond, electricity, experiment, graphite, hard material, high pressure, industrial application, joseph panzik, m carbon, oakland university, optical technique, puzzle, raman spectroscopy, structure, symmetry, synthesize, university, xray diffraction, yale, yuejian wang

A Yale-led team of mineral physicists has for the first time confirmed through high-pressure experiments the structure of cold-compressed graphite, a form of carbon that is comparable in hardness to its cousin, diamond, but only requires pressure to synthesize. The researchers believe their findings could open the way for a super hard material that can withstand great force and can be used — as diamond-based materials are now — for many electronic and industrial applications. The study appears in Scientific Reports, a Nature journal.

Under normal conditions, pure carbon exhibits vastly different physical properties depending on its structure. For example, graphite is soft, but diamond is one of the hardest materials known. Graphite conducts electricity, but diamond is an insulator. (more…)

Former British Prime Minister Discusses Faith and Action

By Guest PostNovember 24, 2011Culture, Politicsanna siu, bahai, british prime minister, christian, davina finn, farhana rahman, global health, globalization, internet, jewish, malaria endemic countries, malaria projects, migration, multi faith centre, muslim, online communities, phantom, st george campus, tony blair, tony blair faith foundation, uganda, university

*Tony Blair visits U of T Multi-faith Centre*

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, applauded the efforts of the foundation’s six Canadian Faiths Act Fellows to help eradicate malaria and address other pressing community issues.

Blair recently took part in a discussion at the Multi-faith Centre on U of T’s St. George Campus where he talked about the impact of faith communities on global health outcomes alongside expert U of T academics, faith leaders and his foundation’s Faiths Act Fellows (See photos of Blair’s visit). Faiths Act is the foundation’s multi-faith social action program comprising 34 fellows across the world taking action together against preventable disease and extreme poverty. (more…)

High Social Status Makes People More Trusting, Study Finds

By Guest PostOctober 3, 2011CultureBOSS, employees, game, jeff grabmeier, nathan petit, new job, positive expectations, ratings of benevolence, robert lount, social status, university, willingness

COLUMBUS, Ohio – When you start a new job, your boss may be more likely to trust you than you are to trust him or her, a new study suggests.

The reason has to with the role that social status plays in relationships. (more…)

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Diamond in The Rough: Half-Century Puzzle Solved

Former British Prime Minister Discusses Faith and Action

High Social Status Makes People More Trusting, Study Finds